Early Clog & Jig Dancing

"Dick Sands'
Irish Jig, Clog & Dance Book"

"A history of the personal, political and professional sentiments
and perigrinations of
Dick Sands with complete and practical instructions in the art of clog-dancing."
Pub.: J.F. Finn 1879/1880, New York.

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There are only two known copies of this manual. One is held by the
University of Harvard Library in Boston which is too fragile to copy - see: Theatre
Collection: TS 552.20, and one owned privately. It is the latter which the owner has
kindly photocopied and which has now been scanned and uploaded here. It is the first time
that this fascinating instructional has been made available to the public.